Comparisons between Detective Pikachu and the Super Mario Bros. movie are really kind of uncharitable. I mean, one’s an Americanised adaptation of a colourful, family-friendly Nintendo game that recasts its source material as a gritty investigative action-adventure piece featuring a pair of emotionally dysfunctional protagonists navigating a noir cyberpunk dystopia populated by grotesque monsters, and the other is… hm.
You’re really funny and original, you know that
The Silence of the Lambs stole its plot from Care Bears: A New Generation.
Consider:
Both stories feature a young woman who excels in her field, but is not taken seriously by her peers (Christy/Agent Starling)
Both protagonists cut a deal with a socially awkward monster (Dark Heart/Hannibal Lecter), who demands an unsettling but seemingly innocuous quid pro quo for his assistance
Both realise too late that the monster’s apparently disinterested aid is actually part of an elaborate scheme to draw out an older mentor who’s been watching over her (True Heart Bear/Jack Crawford)
Both are forced to enter a dangerous situation alone after the monster sends her allies on a wild goose chase (hunting Dark Heart’s shadow to the ends of the earth/investigating Buffalo Bill’s former Illinois residence)
Both plots come to a head with a final confrontation in an underground lair where young people are kept imprisoned for sport (Dark Heart’s pocket dimension/”Jack Gordon’s” basement)
In both cases, the monster walks free at the end, having never truly been called to account for his crimes (self-explanatory)
There’s a post out there that talks about how people nowadays act like being able to identify Story Tropes in a narrative is somehow indicative of that narrative being Bad or Badly Written, and then compares the ridiculousness of that stance to complaining that a wall is made up of Bricks or a boat contains identifiable Wooden Planks.
Well, yes; the second post is an illustration by example of exactly how seriously the first one is meant to be taken.
Productivity culture will deceive you (especially if you are particularly high-functioning or a former Gifted Kid) into thinking that any use of your time that can’t be monetized or leveraged for your personal advancement is worthless, and I’m here to tell you that’s the devil talking. Do shit because you like it.
teaching children that they are allowed to walk away and cool off if they are feeling overwhelmed might literally save their life as teens/adults
I am a preschool teacher.
This is my “alone zone.”
At any time of the day, if my kids are feeling stressed, they can go here to cool down. There’s stress toys, silly putty, bubbles, sensory bottles…there’s books and headphones to block out the loud noises.
The only thing they have to do is “check in” by putting their picture on which emotion they’re feeling so I know how I can help them when they’re ready.
Kids. Need. Space.
Kids. Need. Coping. Mechanisms.
Not. Time-outs.
And the sooner we as adults teach them that, the better off they’ll be as they grow.
2) We don’t want to pause our music to talk to you.
3) We don’t even talk to each other on the phone — why would we want to talk to you?
But the biggest reason is A TRAIL. If I e-mail you back, you can see what was said in the future. You can’t tell me I forgot to tell you something because it’s right there. You can’t tell me I “never reached out” because we can both SEE it. I don’t have to trust your recollection.
And, in a group inbox, you can see who has been responded to. I got forwarded a voicemail from my supervisor (through e-mail! imagine that!) asking me to call some lady back for clarification. So I did, against my will of course…and she said somebody had called her yesterday.
Who? When? What did y’all talk about? Is follow-up necessary?
Phone calls back and forth only work in a workflow where the standard procedure is to *log* phone calls in a shared system with a brief summary of what was discussed. Otherwise, y’all need to let us e-mail. It’s not just about a generation gap. It’s also about efficiency.
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. Any feedback can be proffered via e-mail.
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Also: let’s keep it real – we multi-task better than you do. If I’m on the phone with you, I’m FORCED to do that ONE thing and put whatever you want above all the other things I could’ve been doing. If you e-mail me, I can research what you want (while doing other things), find the solution (while doing other things), and offer it to you in a nice concise package (while doing other things) without sitting on the phone with you in awkward silence looking for the answer to whatever you think is urgent. (It’s not urgent. You’re not dying. I know it’s not urgent.)
Follow a CYA policy. Cover your ass. If your company has an email retention policy that involves automatic deletion after a year for space reasons? PDF that shit if it’s important or in any way something you could be held liable for.
I’ve been on my current job for 2 years and this has already saved me from being blamed for a 7 figure screw up.
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